Takauji Tobe

Takauji Tobe (11 January 1916-15 September 1944) was a captain of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Biography
Takauji Tobe was stationed on Peleliu during 1943-44 at the time of World War II, and he held the rank of captain in the Imperial Japanese Army. Tobe fought in the Battle of Peleliu against the United States' US Marine Corps and defended the island from a network of trenches and bunkers, forcing the Americans to go in with flamethrowers and burn the Japanese out. Tobe was killed by a shot to the waist with an M1 Garand when US troops cleared out his bunker.